dirtyharry50: I haven't tried to figure it out but it must be years worth of gaming. Yet that doesn't stop me from watching what is new, what is coming up and what is on sale. I am admittedly obsessive about this hobby and seem to have become as much a collector as game player.

Nroug7: Yeah, been in the mood impacts what i play at the time too. But it also depends on game controls, I find it annoying to have to re-learn game's with heaps of controls, and it makes me lose appeal for going back to them.

BTW, KoA:R Is awesome, same as JC2 and FNV, something tells me your an open-world fan.

nijuu: I manage by not managing LOL. But seriously. I think like others, im more of a collector than gamer these days. 90% of my games i havent finished (good % havent even touched). I get bored easily so just installing and playing a game when im bored makes it easy when i have heaps :).

timppu: Some suggested that simply stop playing anything you don't really enjoy, and move to the next game.

As a general rule, that sounds sensible, but still:

- Some games may not be that fun until you really learn how to play and survive in the game. I'd say this happened to me recently with e.g. KKND Extreme (an old RTS game). Many of its missions were irritatingly challenging that I'd say I didn't enjoy it that much even for the challenge, but much later I started to get the gist of it, and frankly I got most out of the game after I had completed the base missions, and I was playing the "expansion pack". At that point I felt I had finally learned how to tackle the game, even though it is a mere simplistic C&C clone. Maybe I had not concentrated to it enough before (playing it only occasionally), why it is I never really learned the game.

Now I am happy that I didn't drop the game when it didn't feel that much fun, but endured to finish it. Also while I keep complaining about Diablo 2 + LoD, I still feel happy I didn't drop it before. I am enjoying it now a bit more than before.

This is also the reason I'm going to give another chance to games like UFO Enemy Unknown, Master of Orion 1-2 and Civilization series.

- Sometimes there's a fine line between pain and enjoyment, especially if you are up to a challenge. It may hurt while you are playing, but you might get a big sense of accomplishment afterwards. To take another old game, many missions in e.g. X-Wing and Tie Fighter games, especially the add-on packs, were maddeningly hard, yet in the end I'd say I enjoyed the games and I'm happy I finished them.

- Then there's the nagging feeling of not playing or finishing games you have paid good money for, especially with digital games which you can't even sell second-hand, or give to your friend in case he enjoys it more.


But that does not mean one should try to force oneself to play all shitty games one has, of course.

EDIT: The good thing about DRM services like Steam and Origin is that I will definitely not buy games from them until I am sure I will start playing the said game (in the near future). Sure they have nice promos, but it is not like the price of the games I'm eyeing are going up in the long run, vice versa. There will be more promos in the future, I'm sure.

So they kinda make sure that my backlog does not increase at least with Steam/Origin games. Too bad there are still GOG and non-DRM indie games I intent to buy, they may still increase the backlog.